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Adipose tissue—more than just fat
Author(s) -
Groeneveld Kathrin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta physiologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.591
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1748-1716
pISSN - 1748-1708
DOI - 10.1111/apha.13451
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , medicine , bioinformatics , physiology , endocrinology , computational biology , biology
Obesity and obesity-related diseases have turned into a major global health risk. This is no longer restricted to highly developed countries [1] and has reached epidemic degrees in many regions. A diversity of metabolic and inflammatory pathophysiological phenotypes can be related to obesity, which represent a burden for healthcare and insurance systems, but particularly to affected people.